Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Holiday hero.

Sadly this is one of the greediest Thanksgivings ever. Many leading retailers will be open on Thursday, (Macy's, Target, Old Navy, Wallmart, many, many others) thus forcing their least powerful employees to work during this family holiday. Perhaps the owners of these companies should be cooking pig rather than turkey. However, there is some good news. Tony Rohr, the manager of Pizza Hut in Elkhart, Indiana, refused to open on Thanksgiving Day. Since his bosses wanted whatever profit they could gain rather than the happiness of their employees, they fired him. Rohr, who worked for the chain for ten years, starting as a cook before working his way up o the manager. To add insult to injury the Pizza Hut powers wanted Rohr to sign a letter of resignation for his refusal to open the restaurant. Rohr's response, "I do not resign. However I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company." He added, "I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible." If top management is smart they will apologize to Rohr, rehire him, keep the outlet closed tomorrow and make him the manager of another Pizza Hut. After all, they have hundreds of managers, but only one hero.

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